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Z. DIXON.

Tea-KettIe Breast.

Patented April v6, 1869.

fitaiw i f V @Pniwi Z'. DIXON, OF BRISTOL, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 88,614, dated April 6,1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN TEA-KETTLE BREASTS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

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To all who mit may concern: 7

Be it known that I, Z. DIXON, of Bristol, in the county of Kendall, in the State of Illinois, have invented a useful Improvement in TeasKettle Breasts; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and. exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompas nying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification, in which Figure l is a vertical central section of my invention.

Figure 2, a plan view of the same. I

Figure 3, a perspective representation of the dome, through which the steam escapes, removed from the breast.

The nature of my invention consists- First, in binding the edges of the openings through the breasts, or tops of the common tea-kettles, with non-corrosive sheet-metal, for the purpose of preventing the tin lrom rusting, and giving the breast additional strength.

Second, in attaching a perforated dome to the top of the breast, for the escape of steam.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I have marked correspondingparts with similar letters, and will now give a detailed description.

A represents what is known as the breast of a teakettle, and it is now usually stamped in shape, by means of dies, giving the outside of the breast a convex form, with the addition of such mouldings, or beads as judgment may dictate.

This kind of work is done by parties who make a specialty of stamping tin-ware. I, therefore, have no claim to originality in this respect.

The ditficulty experienced in the use of the common tea-kettle consists in its liability to rust at the edges of the opening at the top. This is caused by exposing the edge of the iron when the opening is cut, and, by the continuous escape of steam, through the joint between the lid and breast, when the kettle is filled with boiling water.

I. propose to remedy this difficulty, by binding the edge of the opening with a thin strip of sheet-copper, as seen at B, figs. 1 and 2, said strip projecting a short distance on both sides of the tin, and being closely fitted to it. v

The binding can be formed on one edge and bent,

by means of a common hurting-machine, and the other edge set to the tin by a hammer; but when manufacturing the goods largely, I prefer to do the binding by means of dies, which will reduce the cost to anominal sum, and produce uniform breasts.

0 represents a dome, having a series of holes, f, communicating with the inside of the kettle, and used to permit a free escape of steam, and guide it outwardly from the lid, and thus prevent the liability of being burned, when removing the lid or the kettle.

Theobject of the dome is not for the escape of steam alone, for that is now accomplished by a simple opening in the breast, but rather for the purpose of directing its course away from the hand, which cannot be done by a simple aperture, for the steam will exhaust its force in the direction given to it by the form of the opening through which it passes out, and, as the openings in the dome G are made in the outer part of its periphery, the steam cannot come in contact with the hand, when supporting the kettle by the handle or ball.

This dome may be made of any suitable metal, and secured to any part of the top of the kettle, but I prefer to set it at the side of the handle, as being the least in the way.

The cheapest method of making the dome is, to first cut thesheet in the proper form, and punch the holes f, before it is stamped in shape.

The lower ed e can then be soldered to the breast,

and the top will e done, preparatory to being attached to the body of the kettle.

Having thus described my invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. Binding the edges of the opening through the breast of a tin tea-kettle with copper, or other non-corrosive metal binding, B, as herein described, for the purpose specified.

2. Attaching the dome O, having perforations in its outer side, to the breast of a tea-kettle, for the purpose of directing the steam away from the hand,'as herein shown and described.

Z. DIXON.

Witnesses:

GEO. L. GHAPIN, A. HAYWARD. 

